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‘l/1.1 ARK I, ID-2 Waterford. Di/L-1 Waterford. Ilt1( OF STOCK S TI4I DAv AT TivELVIL O'CLOCK. Consols , -66 a I Red. Ann. 6il U SOLIDS QLJIS DICSRE ►ALBUM AUDEAT ? u D 0 A. WRDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1810. We have this day laid before our Readers the Pr Cialll,llioO issued-by Mcawr, on his postponing the invasion of Sicily. It is, without exception, (as far as our recollection at present serves us), the most exlraordinary, the most impudent document tit the kind we ever read. Our Readers cannot have I -g .tten ihe innumerable Proclamations issued by MURAT, announcing his intention immediately to cxpul the English from Sicily, nor the many para / I.72; , iiti in the Altmiteur, in which the conquest of Island was predicted with the utmost conft d,Ai•e an•f the result of all this boasting is a Pro chnailoo, announcing that the intended invasion is nhtisdonel. or at 1,-asr postponed. But the part of this Proclamation to which we have applied the epithet impudent, i, that in which MtritAT says, at the very mo:neut that he was abandoning the enter priz,a with disgrace, that the. object which the Emperor , had in view, has been accomplished. It will perhaps be said by those who .aro up on all occasions the admirers aod panegyrists of French taroks,, that it was ne.er seriously intended to ii!vade Sig ilv, and that it was merely threatened to prevent any part of the British force in that Island trom being ernploed elsewhere.. We re-. c led that when Sntitur, who had over-run a con siderable portion of the North of Portugal, and was driven out of it with the loss of one-third of his, army, and all his artillery and baggzle, it' was said that SOU LT never really intende-d to ',twin. his tiun in Portugal, and that - his. invasion of it. wo4 tverelyjntendal 4$ 4frint. We observed Upon that • occasion;. that it was the roost serious joint we had .ever heard of; but: that observation„ applies still wore mainly to 'this most extraordinary jeigt of King , 1,1+11:11,A.T. If he had rnerely intended to . threaten Sicily, and to prevent the English from tenchig any. troops thence, was it necessary for • him to t row his convoys of military stores and provisions into our baud's.? , Was it necessary that lie shou.d suffer 'nearly the whole of his flotilla to be destroyed, and, finally, was it necessary (for the purpose of threateoing Sicily) to sacrifice a con siderable portion of his troops, in an aelnal attemp t to invade it ? But there is one passage in this Pro clamation, which must expose MURAT to the con. tempt, the ineffable contempt, even of his army. He tells them, that " the effed of the attitude - which they maintained upon the Strait for four months, with so much dignity, surpassed his expec tation." What ! is the word dignity to be applied loan invad ng army, because it maintained the posi tion from which the invasion was to have been at empted, because it remained four months within fur to le; of the spot which it was assembled to in- -rade, and then gave up the attempt as hopeless ? One would re illy suppose, from reading this Procla mAtiOn, that MURAT had assembled so formidable a force, not for the purpose of invading Sicily; but of defending Calabria, for he seems to think it a matter of great exultation that he has been suffered to re main four months on the beach opposite to the Lland that he came to invade, end that his army has acquired an immense accession of dignity by this notable achievement. A Messenger arrived from Windsor to-day. The PrinCess AMELIA continues its the same state as yesterday. The KING does not come to town to-day, in con sequence of the confirmed illness of the Princess AMELIA ; and we understand that orders are given th.a there shall be no detnomtrations of rejoicing to-morrow at Windsor, on the both anniversary of his MAJESTY'S accession to the Throne. His MAJESTY rode on horseback yesterday in Win4lior Park, accompanied by the Dukes of YORK, Elawrs, CAMBRIDGE ; Princesses AUGUSTA and SoPHIA. The Royal Party were attended by Lord ARDEN, Lady THYNNE, Generals FITZROY, Cr.AR WitIGHT, and Colonel TAYLOR. • The Dukes and Princesses, as soon as they re huled from their morning ride, went to Augusta Lodge, to visit the Princeis AMELIA. It is expe&ed that the next account from the North of Spain will bring intelligence of the British, taking possession of Santano,, in the Bay of Biscay. Sir H. POPHAM, in the Venerable, has the condo& of the naval part of the Expedition. He has already landed a number of triusikets, and a large quantity of ammunition. The Hawke,Warresints, from London to Africa, foundered off Beachy Head, the gth inat ": crew all Lost, The Hussar Brigade, consiitirg of the 7ill, ;oft, 15t14, and I Bth Regiments of Cavalry, exp.. 6 imme diately t.) go on seevice. . • JEFFREY, the seaman, has left town, having, as we stated yesterday, made a very satisfactory arrange ment with . the family of . Capt. LAKx. He says, 'that at first he did not believe that it was intended to leave him on the Islay - di; he saw the ship the. Morning after he was rut on shore, and.txpeeted every moment that a boat wonlii be put eff to take him on boar 4.:" He suffered aCtirsi very much from thirst, and to allay it ha drank a considerable quan tity of salt water,. which .only increased it. Most fortunately for him some rail fell on the third aay after be was put on shore, and the quantity that re ' twined in the cavities of the rocks supplied him while he remained there ; be was under the neces sity of sucking it out, with a quill. He saw great numbers of birdsd the gull kind, rather larger than a goose, bet he could not catch any of them.— He found only one egg, but it was in such a putrid state that ho could not eat it ; the only toad (if it may be called food) that he had was , some bark, which be found on the shore. He saw five ships pass by while he was on the Wand, but at too great a distance for him to be visible. to the people on board, and the vessel by which be was-at last taken off, would probably have passed on in the same manner, if the Captain had uit hove to, from trio; tives of curiosity, to examine the birds which were flying in great numbers about the Island. Owing to the very strong westerly wind which prevailed on Monday last, there was the lowest tide in the Thames within the recelleaion of arty man engaged in the navigation of the Riser. In severil parts it was possible to have waded across, particu larly near Vauxhall._ A number of articles were found, especially near Wackfriars-bridge, whe're, among other things, several muskets were recovered, which it had been supposed had been 'Oro% n over. Many more articles would ha v e been lOund, had not the oveointr set .in before the the ede was at the lowest. ° : ' When ow men were employed in interring- the French soldiers who fell. at the battle of BusaeO, tlicTbiseovered pend,ini at the 'hreasis of many of them; - medlls. commemorative of the sanguinary conflia ot-,Auster.litz. :The words " Vitlory of Au . sterlitzr-inieribeek. on one side, and th'e French Etnperor'i head onvtheother, the whole finely exe cuted. . ~-. "_ The LeYdetfGaZette , of the 12th instant was re ceived yesterday. Among the Prussian ()fixers who were suspected otAtaviitg—tavoured the eiltrioce of ,the Ffericl) was the pee ofHatzfeld, ftlia Civil Govern'or of that city. The Leyden Ga zette Contains a le,tter from the prince, in which he .states, dial his Majesty being Convinced of his inno cence, has order4d that the process instiLuten for his trial should cease. A hint Iron') Buonaparte was, no doubt, sufficient to convince his Plussian Ma jesty.- A General Meeting of the Freeholders of the County of Meath was held on Friday the 19th inst. for the purpose of voting a petition to his Majesty on the present state of public affairs. There was a good deal of opposition—but the petition, which con demns the present system of Administration, and includes a strong disapprobation of, the Unlan, w,is carried, and Ordered by a large, majority, to be pre-, seated by Sir Marcus Somerville, one of the Repre sentatives of the County. On the motion of the Earl of Fingal, a congratulatory address was ordered to be pieseuted to Lord Wellingtcn,i,vho is 'a native of the County of Meath. The following sentiments respeaing BUONAPAITIF were lately uttered by 'Counsellor WDONNEL; at a meeting of the Roman Catholics in the County of Mayo. We hope he expressed the feelings and opinions of the whole of the Catholic body on the charaeter and conduct of the Corsican Tyrant : " For myself, I sincerely declare that I do bold French principles and, French' influence in such abhorrence, that I would rather wander over the heath, and pine away and perish on the mountains of my coun try, than stoop to be the abjea slave of such a wretch as Buonaparte; for, unti:r such a Govern ment, every subject is a slave: do not, however, imagine that it is because he has raised himself from obscurity to his present rank, that I condemn hico —I care not whether he be Napoleon Ist, or Napo leon the 3 Ist ;_ it is because he is a tyrant, and I hate tyranny, that Labominate him." Thursday morning the body of a young woman was taken out of the river 'Thames, near Battersea, by some labourers going to work. Some silver was found in her pocket, and a letter addressed to her friends, Wha reside in the vicinity of Chelsea, to whom she was taken. • A Gentleman, named Buchanan, was lately chok ed at Jamaica, by a live sprat, which he attempted to hold in his teeth while he was hitting. Last week a hare was shot near Kingston, Here- . .fordshire, which had five legs. A porter, loaded with a pianoforte, passing on Monday over 'London-bridge, the wind forced it from his knot, and dashing the instrument against the balhastrades, it was in an instant brokers to pieces. . A most daring gang of house and warehouse rob bers infest the town of Liverpool, and have com mitted various depredations. These villains had nearly added murder to robbery, two of the watch men having been fired at by theta one night last week, whilst on duty. A reward of fifty guineas is offered for a discovery-of the assassins. BOXERS.—The long expected match between Crib and Molineaux, is at length made. The friend, of Melineaux (some American Captains) have at length come forward to bind the match, by staking, 401. The battle will be for 200 guineas a side; and it is fixed to take place on the 6th of January, play or pay; the day when Dogherty ,and Silvertern are already matched to exhibit. Crib is the favourite at about six to four. It was Veut.-Col. HARVEY, ,Of the 97th regi ment (and not Capt. HARVEY, stated by mistake), who received a wound in the arm, in one of the late skirmishes with the enemy's advanced posts. Colo nel HARVEY is an excellent officer, and has brought the Portuguese brigade under his command to a pro ficiency-in discipline not inferior to that of British troops. NAVAL NEWS. Fron the LONDON GAZETTE, Oa. 23, at% Admiralty-Office, Oct. 23, 1 8 10. Copy of a Letter from Captain Loring, of his Majesty's ship Ntobe, addressed to Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, end trans mitted by the latter to john Wilson Croker, 14y. His Majesty's ship Niobe, off the Calrades, SIR, Od. a 6, !Mo. I have the honour to infOrm you of the capture of tie French lugger privateer L'Hitoodelle, bj• hi, Ma jeity's ship under my command, this evening, off Cape Bartieur.; . . she was commanded by_Aitnable Le Roy, mounts four guns, has a crew of thirty meo, sailed from La Hogue this morning, and has taken nothing. I have the honour to be, Sze. (Signed) J. W. LORING. Admiralty- Office, October 23, 1810. F.xtraa of a letter from Captain ,Upton, of his Majesty's ship Sybille, a.ldresbed to Vice-Admiral Thornborough, Co:pmantter in Chief, on the Coast of Ireland, and trans mitrea.by him to joun Wilson" C rai:er, Esq. dated at Sea, the Bth instant. I have It) acquaint you that the Sybille ha 3 cap tured the Fen. I! brig priva err Edouard, ut 14 guns, 90 men, and 210 tons, commanded by Monsieur Guilt .eauine Moreau, out eight days from Abre verake. Admiraily-Dtfice, Oct. 23, 1810. !.;ampheli has lrarn•mitted to John Wilson Crok, .1. 1 a letter ne had received from Captain Oliver, oi Majesty', sloop- t: , e . Apelles, giving an account of the c ore or tHe Soninam hale French priviltter, of 18 giins and 56 men, which, the damage she hat received, be was afterwards compellecifo scot tie. Adiltirftlty-Ojice, oa.g3, -1810. Vice-Admiral Sir=Jaives Sautnarez, Bart. and K.B. has transmitted to John Wil;ion Croker, Esq. letters which be had received fom the tolioNing officers, viz. Captain Cumberland; of his Majesty's ship Sa turn, reporting the capture of a Danish cutter pri vateer, of one gun and four swivels, by the s boats of the above ship, under the dirthion of Lieutenant Drewit, off Ebelto:t, in Jutland, in the presence of six other vessels of i he same description : Captain Ityves, of the Africa, 'stating - the de- Struet ion of a Danish priva:eer 011 Falstubo Reel, by a boat under the command of Lieutenant Fm 7nisnere : And Captain Mainwating, of the Tartirns giving an account of his having sunk two French privateers Cowes, Isle of Wight, 06i. g, 1810. Lord Viscount Fitz-Harris, Governor. ,and Vice- Admiral of the Isle of Wieit, has been pleased to appoint John Ward, Esq. of East Cowe.i, to be De puty Vice-Admiral for the shares and distrid of said PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 23.—Sailed this day his Ma jesty's ship Dexterous, with a convoy of merchant men ; also his Majesty's ships Coquette and Gannet, the former for off Cherbourgh, and the latter on a cruize; also his Majesty's ships Attentive and Do minica to the. Eastward; Edward, HoAR, for Lon don from New York. Arrived the Albion, MARSHALL, andlleadley, GROVU, from Quebec; Harmony, FISEILEY, from Chepstow; from Waterford; and Y►en Anste, ---, from Liverpool. PLYMOUTH, OCT. E l 2.—Arrived his Majesty's ships horthurnterinnd, of 74 guns, Capt. HOTHAM, from off Brest ; La Rhin, of 38 guns, Capt. MAL coLss, from a cruize to the , Westward; and Mal let, of to guns, Lieut. GREARY, from Scilly. HULL, OCT. 22.—The Young Edward, SHANER, from hence to Heligoland, is captured, re-captured, and carried into Yarmouth. The Calypso sloop of war, with a large fleet for the Baltic, sailed from the Humber on Wednesday ; and the Charles armed ship, followed the next day, with the remainder of the trade colleaed during the late long prevalence of contrary winds. A convoy is petitioned for to sail from hence fel the on the 25th instant. 'I he Prince of Wales revenue cutter, arrived here on Friday with the loss of her topmast. The Helina, a Pappenburger, prize to the Ariel sloop of war, D. Ross, commander, laden with pot ash, flax, linen, tar and deals, has arrived at Grimsby: DEAL, OCT. 23.—Came down from the River, James, MOPPET, d Eagle; CHARTERS, * for Rio Janeiro; the Stag, RANS, for Madeira ; the Lion, RICHARDSON, for the West Indies; the Aagustu , Caesar, SMITH, for Jamaica ; and the Invincible Gerona, HATHWAY, for Gibraltar; the ship Mer cloy, WiLsoN, for the Brazils, cut from her cables during the gale, in consequence of a vessel driving 'on board him. Sailed several.ships for the River. Siitings appointed in Middlesex and London, be fore the Right Hon. EDWARD Lord ELLENBOROCCHI, Lord Chief Justice, arc. in and after Michaelmas Term, 1810. _ _ IN TERN. MIDDLASAX. LONDON. Monday - NOY. 12 Wednesday . Nov. 14 Saturday - Monday - 1 9 Monday . A 26 Tuesday . 27 AFTER TERM Thursday a *9l FridaY 19 P, , IP LES. KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES. • REGGIO, SEPT. 23.—The Dividon PartoutlB3lll and the Royal Guard embarked yesterday, ° II , art ived in presence of the enemy ; th e one at 8i 46 ,, - nara, and the other at Scilla, with o ut suffering 011 , 7 1 los; from the numerous cannon-shots fired at the" by the English. The latter alarmed at the mot e; continued all night. on the alert, and war constantly throwing, op r nlne lights till day-bresk• 5 „ SCILLA, SEPT, 25,—His Majesty set Out Ifi morning from Reggio, bfeaktasted at-.the cool/ a and arrived about Mid-day at. Scilla. General Manhes remains charged with tha C OO mand of the Neapolitan di v ision; he Unites to thes e r powers the cotnrnatid of the two provi n c e s of torth e „ and hither Calabria, as well as the charge of ther e police. • The General of Division Paetod commands French troops. NAPLES, OCT. 30.—Ilis Majesty embark-ea ° ° o the 2sth September at Pirro, and came oy sea l d Amain, where he landed yesterday. He travehe by land to Casellatnare, whet-6 he passed the n 4 141 and arrived this morning at Niples. Before, hi.; departure from the army, his Mitie sl issued the tohowing ,- • GENERAL ORDERS. " Head-quarters at Sellla, Sept, 26, aro' SeLnriis,—The'expedition to Sicily is 1i°1,7, pones. The object which the - Emperor hrld view, by causing that island to be threatened, bas been accomplisbed ; and the effect of thtvattitof w bid) has been maintained upon the Strait o' l 'l so muclr dignity for four months, has even surpao e ".. expeCtalion. You are about to enter your win ici quarters. And you, also; !nave sailors, you a t : about to return to your families. Yon- have do ne more than your duty ; you have supported, with a courage above all ptaise, more than fifty co mbal s c i against a force three times stronger than yours, a nd the success which you have constantl obiaine d : proves what you would have done against an eci d " i ot.e. Above all, you have solved one srat , cl P r ; ) ,: blew ; you have proved that the enemy's foti"; cannot prevent even the smallest boat from crassinft the Strait, and that Sicily will be conquered wil e/l e its conquest is sei iously set about. RCCeiVe ,testimony of my satistaCtion. I also testify the same to the land forces, who have powerfully Se ; conded you. The zeal which you have shewn - answering the call which has been made to you, 11 a sure,pledge for your king of that which you always display , when snmnioned for the benefit his service, 'and the good of the country. • (Signed) JoAr.:nivi NAroLEoti, (Attested) ' 6 COUNT GRCN IBC, er " General of ,Vivision, and Chief of the Staff of the Aria' • : Foti - TAINELE4u, Ocr. H.—Orders were gt d a yesterday for placing relays on the road of G, ln di : piegne. It is said, that this for the arrival of a' P reign Prince, who is expe&ed here. Her Moile 3 o the Empress, by her goodness, her mildness, ang' l ' e , graces, gains the hearts - of all. who appraach.wr hold her. She is the object of incessant praises. 1 1 : Ce ; body is rejoiced at the happiness she is about i° ceive in a few days. Great preparatvals'are making for the Fite w- Ici 04 , is to he given here, either on the 15th or the I ' l 4 The Halt of the Hundred Swiss is magnificently fur the ball. All the gardens will be illuminate d ' Their Majesties htinti.d yesterday at Beau Til t°. The assemblage was numerous and the s port O f f fine. ltii The Prince of Neufchatel set off this morning; absence will not be long. h ULM, OCT. 7.—The Annales Europetinnes, w' tl a ast are published here, contain a m e moir o n 11 161 : C r compaign of the French in Germany ; among ° `; c , things, it refutes the famous letters of Gen. Grull in which that officer pretended to skew that , ri ba plan of operations pursued by the French w'as faulty : it is proved on the contrary to M. Grua • c . that all the measures proposed by him were iroP ra ticable and contrary to the rules of war. Turd PRESBURGH, SEPT. 20.—A corps of troops, consisting of 15,000 men, has made an n ay - exoetted irruption into Servia, committed the gre w est ravages, and forced the Authorities to asse (t ' c r under their colours all the men in the coentli be t pable of bearing arms. It is stated, on the ° i r e hand, that Field. Marshal Kaminsky has receivelv inforeeme;nts of 20,000 men from the Polish, 3 vinces. He is, however, compelled to etnl 3 ',. °) o , part of it to form a cordon of troops upon the Jr ;pi tiers of Moldavia and Wallachia, in which 90 0 ' feetious disorders have made their appearance. ' ,foto Dusux.—At the City Quarter Assembly 1 36 7,00 Friday last, Mr. Gifford opened the business 6 t he day by proposing the thanks of th e Meeting to 0, late Lord Mayor, Sir William Starner, for his e % ,, i e glary condutt as a Magistrate and a man. The - , re d• Lion passed unanimously. . Mr. Gitford then 1 11° ; 0 4 that the thanks might be accompanied with a P li • g lig of plate, value One Hundred Guineas. 6 ;leo opposition was made to this motion, on th e e dr that it was without a precedent ; but it was tir 7ll o that as the King had bonowed Sir Willian)'i st ' , c ir• Baronetage, as a reward for his good condoe , a lc of cumstancu also without a precedent, the 0 13 . „, r npa R o y a l f avour s h ou ld b e f o ll owe d up w i t h a testiP've of peculiar respe,:t from his fellow.ciiizeos• k s P i motion then passed unanimously. The than the Meeting, upon the motion of Mr. Nugen t v o leo seconded by Mr. Gitllird, were unattimousli,, r es l to ~Lord Wellington and Field-Ma rs hal Carr ford, for their eminent service, in Spain and . 1 . 4 ° 4 0 gal. It was then proposed an t i unanimous ) }' to, that a-Jubilee should in due time take PO_ A cr 'ill° honour of her Majesty, who has nea r ly reacb7, Sit fiftieth anniversary of her reign. l'hanks t'c i ffsl Edward Slaniey and Sir Jam e s Riddall, the Sli tlo 4 were then passed with a slight majority. debate then took place on the suajea of the oil° Lion for the repeal of the Uni o n, in which M r * o itt i ford and Mr. M'Auley, oppos e d th e meas ul l,oe' great VII and ability. The Meeting was at ended by the arrival of the Lord Mayor, vi niecliately dissolved the,Assembly. -..,,, 7tivr i kx." 4 Ti] (t r d 411 ( 1 Wi t h to h a I tibui t nute tojerz Tt, tnri na l'hea th e 4. 4 \\